Car-door fastening



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J. KINZEB.

OAR DOOR FASTENING.

Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

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JACOB KINZER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-DOOR FASTENING.

SFECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,357, dated February 17, 1885.

Application filed July 12, 1884 To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Jaoon Kmznn, a citizen of the United States, residingat Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Door Fastenings, of which improvements the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings,which make part of this specification, Figure l is a view of the side and door of abox-car, showing my improvedfasteningdevice. Fig.2isa viewshowing the fastening device on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line mm, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 7 y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 22, Fig. 2.

It frequently happens that the usual car-doorfastening devices are broken or torn loose by the jars and shocks to which the cars are subjected, and to remedy this evil it has been customary to secure astrip of wood in the rear of the door when closed; but as these strips are secured by nails or screws that partof the car to which the strips are attached soon becomes broken and defaced, and it requires considerable time and labor to properly secure these strips.-

The objectofniy invention is to so construct a fastening device that it may be permanently attached to the car, and can be easily and quickly adjusted so as to secure the door in place.

On the rear end of the doorl is secured, by screws or other suitable means, thetriangularly-shaped plate 2. The head 3 of the screw or bolt passing through the rear end or apex of the plate 2 is enlarged or prolonged, forming a pivot for the hasp 4. In the hasp, near its free end, is formed the slot 5, having an e11- largcinent, 6, at one end to permit of the passage of the head of the bolt 7,which is adapted to screw through a threaded hole, 8, in the plate 2, and its removal from the hole 8is prevented by the washer secured to the end of the bolt behind the plate, as clearly shown in Fig. The front end of the hasp is bent at right angles to the body portion thereof, as shown at 9 in Fig. 3, and on this bent portion 9 is formed the flange 10, having an inclined outer' surface, as shown in Fig. 4. The bent portion 9 of the hasp projects over the edge of the can (No model.)

door, and when the door is closed is passed into the opening 11 in thekeeper 12, which is secured in a inortisein the side of the car, the outer surface of the keeper being flush with the side of the car in order that the door may slide freely over the keeper. From the opening 11 extends the slot 13, having a width equal or slightly in excess of the thickness of the bent portion 9, while the opening 11 is of sufficient size to permit of the passage of the flange 10. The slot 13 is at one side of the opening 11, so that when the bent portion of the hasp is pressed down into the slot 13 the flange 1O willpass behind the outer wall of the slot, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The inner face of the outer wall of the slot 13 is inclined, to correspond with the inclined outer face of theflangelO. Tneonsequenceoftheseinclined surfaces the door of the car will be drawn tightly against the side of the car when the bent portion 9, with its inclined flange, is pressed down into the slot 13 from the-open ing 11.

In lieu of or in addition to forming the inclined surfaces above described on the inner face of the keeper and the outer face of the flange 10, an inclined beveled lug, 14, maybe formed on the face of the plate 2, adjacent to or in line with the threaded hole 8, the inner surface of the hasp,where it will be in contact with the lug 14, being similarly beveled or in clined, as shown in Fig. 5.

The operation of my fastening device is as follows: The door 1 is slid to its closed position. (ShowninFigL) Thehasp,whichhangs down on its pin 3 when the door is open or the fastening not in use, is turned up to a horizontal position, bringing the enlargement 6 of the slot 5 and the flange 10 of the hasp in line with the bolt 7 and the opening 11 of the keeper, respectively. The hasp is then pushed in until the flange 10 enters the opening 11 and the head of the bolt 7 passes through the enlargement 6 of the slot. The hasp is then pushed down, the flange 10 passing behind the outer edge of the slot 13, and the b0lt7 enteringthe slot 5 in the hasp. The bolt 7 is then screwed up tightly with a suitable wrench, the head thereof bearing against the sides of the slot5, thereby securing the hasp firmlyin place. As the hasp is pushed down into locking position, the inclines on the flange and keeper, or those on the plate 2 and hasp, orboth of them, slide over each other, thereby forcing the door tightly against the sides of the car, as above stated.

It is obvious that the fastening above described will prevent anybackward movement of the door, thereby relieving to a great extent any locking device applied to the front edge of the strains or jars to which they are now subjected.

By making the head of the bolt of peculiar shape my device can be used in lieu of a lock, and may be applied to both the front and rear ends of the car.

I claim herein as my invention 1. A car-door-fastening device having, in combination, a pivoted hasp provided with a slot and bent portion adapted to project over the edge of the car-door, a slotted keeper secured. in the side of the car and flush therewith, and adapted to receive the bent portion of the hasp, and a bolt for securing the hasp in a locked position, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cardoorfastening device, a hasp pivoted to the door and provided with a flanged bent portion, 9, in combination with a keeper secured in the side of the car and provided with the opening 11 and the slot 13, and a bolt for securing the hasp in a locked position, substantially as set forth.

3. In a ear-door-iastening device a hasp pivoted to the door and provided with the bent portion 9, having the inclined flange 10,'in combination with the keeper secured in the side of the car, as described, and provided with the opening 11 and slot 13, and having its inner surface adjacent to the slot in clined, as described, and a bolt for securing the hasp in a locked position, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a car-door-fastening device, a hasp slotted as described, and provided with the bent port-ion 9, having the inclined flange 10, in combination with thekeeper securcdin the sides of the car, as described, and having the opening 11 and slot 13, and having its inner surface adjacent to the slot beveled as shown, and a bolt adapted to fit in the slot of the hasp and lock the same in engagement with the keeper, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JACOB KINZER.

IVitnesses:

DARWIN S. XVoLoo'r'r, R. H. IVHITTLESEY. 

